The Los Angeles Dodgers will host the Chicago Cubs in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series on Saturday, October 14, 2017, start time 7:08 p.m.

In the fifth inning, Javier Baez struck out, but the ball got past Nationals catcher Matt Weiters as he was hit by Javier Baez’s backswing in a possible blown call by the umpires. If the catcher was hit, the call should have been strike three, and the ball declared dead, instead of a drop third strike play. The inning would have been over with the Cubs leading 5-4. Currently backswings are not reviewable. The home plate umpire presumably did not see the backswing hitter Wieters. The Cubs took a 6-4 lead.

The fifth inning was the turning point for the Chicago Cubs included Addison Russell’s two-run double, a bases-loaded hit by pitch, and a disputed dropped third strike followed by a throwing error by catcher Matt Weiters.

The Cubs led 1-0, then trailed 4-1, 4-3, and then led 7-4, 8-6 and 9-7 and 9-8, in Game 5, which lasted more than 4 1/2 hours and ended just before midnight CDT on Thursday and after midnight Friday in Washington DC. Bryce Harper struck out in the bottom of the ninth while trying to keep the Nationals alive, and while facing Cubs pitcher Wade Davis.

Tonight: Patchy drizzle before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. South southwest wind around 5 mph.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 71. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 60. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. High near 75. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 54. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 58. Breezy.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 61.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 67.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 68.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.

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